In the past several years, our understanding of lung cancer has become much more detailed and nuanced. "When I started [practicing medicine about 20 years ago], lung cancer was just small cell lung ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 73-year-old female. A recent blood test returned an eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) of 59. My physician’s nurse told me that the test was normal. When I asked her ...
Kidney disease is common in adults, and testing for kidney disease is part of routine clinical practice for patients with acute or chronic illness. The initial evaluation includes determination of the ...
— L.G. Answer: While I can understand that you see a drop from February until now, your GFR (glomerular filtration rate, the basic number for kidney function) is actually improved from last year.
Michelle Afkhami, MD, of City of Hope, joins The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®) for a discussion on EGFR exon 20 insertion positive mutations in non-small cell lung cancer. Michelle Afkhami ...
The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is a blood test to assess kidney function. The formula for calculating eGFR takes the patient’s body size, age, and sex into account to predict how well ...
CURE spoke with Dr. Xiuning Le during the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) 2025 World Conference on Lung Cancer. Lung cancer research has recognized the role of EGFR ...
Patients with chemorefractory metastatic colorectal cancer derive no overall survival benefit from giving anti-EGFR ...
The FDA has approved MediBeacon®'s TGFR system for noninvasive kidney function assessment, targeting both normal and impaired renal patients. INNOVATE Corp. announced the FDA approval of the ...